Alert for Sensor State

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Hello,

Anybody got an example for Alert Rule for Sensor State?

Here’s what I got but it’s not working…
%sensors.sensor_type ~ “state” %sensors.value = “1” || %sensors.value = “2” &&

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You can’t do && and || in the webui, you’ll need to create a macro.

No point in doing ~ state, just do equals state.

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Got it thank you sir- :slightly_smiling_face:

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does this look ok for a macro?

$config[‘alert’][‘macros’][‘rule’][‘HP Procurve Sensor States’] = ‘%sensors.sensor_oid=“1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.1.2.6.1.4”’;

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Well it’s an unnecessary macro as it could just be put in the rule itself.

But yes it should be ok (assuming that oid is correct, they usually start with a .

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